Vancouver Airport Clears Damaged Amazon Air Cargo Jet From Runway

Plane’s landing gear broke when it left the strip.

Eric Kulisch

Friday, November 22, 2024 at 01:40 PM ET

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Travis Tingle

Amazon has dozens of Boeing 767 freighters (pictured) in its private airline that are operated by third-party carriers. One of them couldn’t slow down on landing at Vancouver airport in Canada and went off the runway Tuesday. [Credit: Jim Allen/FreightWaves]

Key Takeaways:

An Amazon Air freighter (operated by Cargojet) that overshot a runway at Vancouver International Airport (CYVR) has been safely removed from the buffer area.
The north runway at CYVR remains closed for assessment, causing ongoing flight delays, as Canada's Transportation Safety Board investigates the incident, which included pilot reports of wing flap problems prior to landing.
The complex recovery operation involved over 50 people, specialized equipment, and temporary infrastructure to extract the Boeing 767, which had broken landing gear after leaving the wet runway, though none of the three crew members were injured.

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The Amazon Air freighter that ran off the north runway at Vancouver International Airport (CYVR) earlier this week has been safely removed from buffer area, the airport authority announced Thursday night.

The north runway at the Canadian airport remained closed to air traffic Thursday as officials assess systems and infrastructure. Passenger and cargo aircraft continue to experience flight delays with only a single runway in operation.